Rumors of Motorola’s secret “X Phone” project go back to last year, but we only started hearing about details of the first possible device last month. One of our sources said that the X Phone would offer physical customizations that included an endless choice of color combinations, and the ability to select the material of the outer casing. Now Phone Arena reports that an unnamed source told them the choice of colors “may be over 20.”

Phone Arena claims their source said the material of the outer casing might not be an option in the first generation X Phone, but it could be offered in another device later this year. We have previously reported that the “X Phone” brand would spawn an entire family of devices, so this could be the cause of conflicting reports about specific details and specs.

Our original source said the first X Phone was expected to go on sale in June, which was later changed to late July, and now Phone Arena says the first device might not debut till “August or later.”

A rumored prototype of the first Motorola X Phone.

Jim Wicks, Motorola’s design chief, told PCMag that the first Google-influenced devices would not appear till the second half of 2013, so we shouldn’t expect anything till after July. Most tech bloggers believe Google might unveil some new Motorola products at Google IO in May, but any delay of the product launch might bump the first “X Phone” device from that event.

Google’s Eric Schmidt says the new set of products from Motorola will be “phenomenal,” but what else is he going to say?

Finally, on the topic of conflicting info, one of our early reports said that the first X Phone would be sold unlocked and available for a number of different carriers. More recent info now suggest the device will have an exclusive launch period on a single carrier, but please keep in mind this is all rumors and speculation until it’s officially announced.

If you could order a smartphone in any color, which color would you pick?

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I would choose a Royal Blue phone. I really love the blue that represents my New York Knicks! Runners up would be some sort of Green or Ferrari Red! Choosing phone colors is a pretty cool idea!

zerosix

It’s great to see that people want not only black and white devices. However, I’d prefer black (with leather, if possible) and a white one for my girlfriend. Or vice versa, we’ll make the decision as soon as we put our filthy hands on our new X’s:)

Right now just want a white one, I’ll consider others but likely white.

mattcoz

Midnight blue, I yearn for you.

CTown

At 20 different color combinations, perhaps they could make a device using a never before seen color (now that’s innovation).

thekaz

ha! I was going to comment that I am not even sure I could name 20 colors!

http://droidsamurai.blogspot.com DroidSamurai

>> the first X Phone would be sold unlocked and available for a number of different carriers

Doesn’t sound good for a Verizon user …

http://androidandme.com Taylor Wimberly

I have a gut feeling that IF it is exclusive to one carrier, then it would be VZW or AT&T.

zerosix

I bet it will be VZW.
What’s good: Motorola’s VZW devices can be used with GSM networks with no efforts, at least in Europe.

James

No shit.

Lobster

Of course it will be Verizon. Verizon has capitalized on the Android devices more than any other carrier, and have built a very close partnership with Motorola. AT&T gets the pick of the litter with HTC devices, but Verizon is where the premium Motorola products are offered. People can say what they want about Samsung being the top seller out there with the Galaxy S3, but you can get it through any carrier. Cricket offers the SGS3, for example. Samsung’s marketing tactics are vastly different than Motorola and HTC. They’ll put the phone with anyone and make it available to anyone because to them, numbers matter (just like Apple). Motorola and HTC are much more selective about how they market their products and who they allow to offer their devices. From a developer’s standpoint, this may not necessarily fare well for them with locked bootloaders and hardware discrepancies, but I don’t especially like having a phone identical to everyone else’s. Plus, Verizon has the best 4G LTE coverage, bar none, so I would rather get the best coverage along with the best device.

I highly doubt the rumored X-Phone will be available in 20 different colors. Sounds to me like some bogus leak that someone’s feeding to the Android fanboys to create a ruckus. What I am concerned with is the hardware, materials, and battery life. To be competitive, it’s got to have 1.5gHz+ quad-core processor, 1.5GB+ of RAM, massive battery, and possibly Nexus-like customization options. An unlocked bootloader would be nice, but I wouldn’t expect that. As long as a simple rooting utility can be developed and made readily available (as is the norm with Motorola devices), most users would be pleased.

redraider133

Colors are nice and all but I am more interested in the specs and seeing what moto and google bring to the table.

VS

Color wise:

Coffee Brown
Hunter Green
Crimson Red

…or that wild Nike bright yellow color that they deck out the Oregon Ducks in ;).